
Department
of Biology
Faculty
of Sciences and Science Education
University
of Haifa - Oranim
Prof. Gidi Ne'eman
Associate Professor
Contact
Department of Biology, University
of Haifa at Oranim, Tivon 36006, Israel
Tel: (972) 4 9838820
Fax: (972) 4 9832167
E-mail: gneeman@research.haifa.ac.il
Biography
Place and Date of Birth:
Israel, 20 November 1946
Marital Status:
Married + 4
Permanent Home Address:
Moshav Amirim 20115 , ISRAEL
Research Interests
1. Ecology and phenology of plants.
2. Fire ecology.
3. Pollination and reproductive ecology.
4. Plant animal interactions.
5. Nature conservation
Recent Publications
In Refereed Journals
- Galil, J. and Ne'eman, G. 1977. Pollen
transfer and pollination in the common fig (Ficus carica L.).
New Phytologist, 77: 163- 171.
- Galil, J. and Ne'eman, G. 1977. Pollen
transfer and pollination in the common fig (Ficus carica L.).
New Phytologist, 77: 163- 171.
- Ne'eman, G. and Galil, J. 1978. Seed
set in "male syconia" of the common fig Ficus carica
L. (caprificus). New Phytologist, 81: 375-380.
- Ne'eman, G., Lahav, H. & Izhaki,
I. 1992. Spatial patterns of seedlings one year after fire in a Mediterranean
pine forest. Oecologia, 91: 365-370.
- Izhaki, I., Ne'eman, G. and Lahav,
H. 1992. Spatial distribution patterns of Rhus coriaria seedlings
after fire in a Mediterranean pine forest. Acta Oecologica, 13: 279-289.
- Ne'eman, G., Meir, I. and Ne'eman,
R. 1993. The influence of pine ash on the germination and early growth of
Pinus halepensis and Cistus salviifolius. Water Science and
Technology, 27: 525-532.
- Ne'eman, G. Meir, I. and Ne'eman,
R. 1993. The effect of ash on the germination and early growth of shoots and
roots of Pinus, Cistus and annuals. Seed Science and Technology,
21: 339-349.
- Ne'eman, G. 1993. Variation in leaf
phenology and habit in Quercus ithaburensis, a Mediterranean deciduous
tree. Journal of Ecology, 81: 627-634.
- Ne'eman, G. Lahav. H and Izhaki, I.
1995. Recovery of vegetation in a natural east-Mediterranean pine forest on
Mt. Carmel, Israel, as affected by management strategies. Forest Ecology and
Management, 75: 17-26.
- Ne'eman, G. and Nesher, R. 1995. Pollination
ecology and the significance of colour change in Lupinus pilosus L.
Israel Journal of Plant Sciences, 43: 135-145.
- Henig-Sever, N., Eshel, A. and Neâeman,
G. 1996. pH and osmotic potential of pine ash as post-fire germination
inhibitors. Physiologia Plantarum, 96: 71-76.
- Neâeman, G. 1996. Pollination ecology
in Lupinus pilosus. Bocconea, 5: 201-209.
- Neâeman, G. and Izhaki, I. 1996. Colonization
in an abandoned East Mediterranean vineyard. Journal of Vegetation Science,
7: 465-472.
- Izhaki, I. and Ne'eman, G. 1996. The
effect of porcupine and bast scale disturbance on Aleppo pine recruitment.
Acta Oecologica, 17: 97-107.
- Izhaki, I. and Neâeman, G. 1997. Hares
(Lepus sp.) as seed dispersers of Retema reatem (Fabaceae) in
a sandy landscape. Journal of Arid Environments, 37: 343-354.
- Schiller, G., Neâeman, G. and Korol,
L. 1997. Post-fire dynamics of vegetation, forest structure and genetic diversity
of native Pinus halepensis Mill. stands on Mt. Carmel, Israel. Israel
Journal of Plant Sciences, 45: 297:308.
- Neâeman, G. 1997. Regeneration of
natural pine forest - a review of work done after the 1989 fire in Mount Carmel,
Israel. The International Journal of Wildland Fire, 7: 295-306.
- Neâeman, G., Perevolotsky, A. and
Schiller, G. 1997. The Management implications of the Mt. Carmel research
project. The International Journal of Wildland Fire, 7: 343-350.
- Neâeman, G. and Izhaki, I. 1998. Stability
of pre- and post-fire spatial structure of pine trees in Aleppo pine forest.
Ecography, 21: 535-542.
- Ne'eman, G., Henig-Sever, N. and Eshel,
A. 1999. Regulation of the germination of Rhus coriaria L., a post-fire
pioneer, by heat, ash, pH, water potential and ethylene. Physiologia Plantarum,
106: 47-52.
- Ne'eman, G. 1999. A comparative study
of reproduction and biomass allocation between spring and autumn flowering
Mediterranean geophytes. Journal of Mediterranean Ecology, 1: 27-34.
- Keeley, J. E., Fotheringham, C. J. and Neâeman,
G. 1999. Immaturity risk in a fire dependent pine. Journal of Mediterranean
Ecology, 1: 41-48.
- Neâeman, G., Dafni, A. and Potts,
S.G. 1999. A new pollination probability index (PPI) for pollen load analysis
as a measure for pollination effectiveness of bees. Journal of Apicultural
Research, 38: 19-23.
- Ne'eman, G. and Dafni, A. 1999. Fire
bees and seed production in a Mediterranean key species Salvia fruticosa
(Lamiaceae). Israel Journal of Plant Sciences, 47: 157-163.
- Neâeman, G. and Izhaki, I. 1999. The
effect of stand age and microhabitat on soil seed banks in Mediterranean Aleppo
pine forests after fire. Plant Ecology, 144: 115-125.
- Neâeman, G. and Izhaki, I. 1999. Ecology
and management of Mediterranean pine forests ö conclusions of the international
MEDPINE workshop. Journal of Mediterranean Ecology, 1: 133-138.
- Neâeman, G., Fotheringham, C. J. and
Keeley, J. E. 1999. Patch to landscape patterns in post-fire recruitment of
a serotinous conifer. Plant Ecology, 145: 235-242.
- Neâeman, G., Dafni, A. and Potts,
S.G. 2000. Effect of fire on flower visitation rate and fruit-set in four
core-species in east Mediterranean scrubland. Plant Ecology, 146: 97-104.
- Henig-Sever, N., Eshel, A. and Neâeman,
G. 2000. Regulation of the germination of Aleppo pine (Pinus halepensis)
by nitrate, ammonium and gibberellin, and its role in post-fire forest regeneration.
Physiologia Plantarum, 108: 390-397.
- Eshel, A., Henig-Sever, N. and Ne'eman,
G. 2000. Spatial variation of seedling distribution in an east Mediterranean
pine woodland at the beginning of post-fire succession. Plant Ecology, 148:
175-182.
- Izhaki, I., Henig-Sever, N. and Neâeman,
G. 2000. Soil seed banks in Mediterranean Aleppo pine forests: the effect
of heat, cover and ash on seedling emergence. Journal of Ecology, 88: 1-10.
- Potts, S.G., Dafni, A. and Neâeman, G.
2001. Pollination of a core flowering shrub species in Mediterranean phrygana:
variation in pollinator diversity, abundance and effectiveness in response
to fire. Oikos, 92: 71-80.
- Perevolotsky, A., Ne'eman, G., Yonathan,
R and Henkin, Z. 2001.Resilience of prickly burnet to management intervention
in East Mediterranean rangelands. Journal of Range Management, 54 561-566.
- Neâeman, G. and Kevan, P. G. 2001.
The effect of shape parameters on maximal detection distance of model targets
by honeybee workers. Journal of Comparative Physiology A, 187:653-660
- Hanley, M. E., Fenner, M. and Ne’eman, G.
2001. Pre-germination heat-shock and seedling growth of fire-following Fabaceae
from four Mediterranean-climate regions. Acta Oecologica, 22: 315-320.
- Goubitz, S., Werger, M.J.A., Shmida, A. and Ne’eman,
G. 2002. Cone abortion in Pinus halepensis: the role of pollen quality
tree size and cone location. Oikos 97: 125-133.
- Lev-Yadun, S., Dafni, A., Inbar, M., Izhaki. I. and Ne’eman.
G. 2002. Colour patterns in vegetative parts of plants deserve more
research attention. Trends in Plant Science 7: 59-60.
- Ne’eman, G. 2002. To be or not to
be – the effect of nature conservation management on the flowering of
Paeonia mascula (L.) Miller in Israel. Biological Conservation 109: 103-109.
- Potts, S.G., Vulliamy, B., Dafni, A., Ne’eman,
G., O’Toole, C., Roberts, S. &
Willmer, P.G. 2003. Response of plant-pollinator communities following fire:
changes in diversity, abundance and reward structure. Oikos 101: 103-112.
- Goubitz, S., Werger, M. and Ne'eman, G. 2003.
Germination response to fire related factors of seeds from non-serotinous
and serotinous cones. Plant Ecology 169: 195-204.
- Potts, S.G., Vulliamy B., Dafni, A., Ne’eman,
G. and Willmer, P.G. Linking bees and flowers: how do floral communities
structure pollinator communities? Ecology 26: 2628-264.
ACCEPTED FOR PUBLICATION
- Goubitz, S., Nathan, R., Roitemberg, D.,
Shmida, A. and Ne'eman, G. Canopy seed bank structure in
relation to: fire, tree size and density Plant Ecology (June 2003).
- Ne’eman, G., Goubitz,
S. and Nathan, R. Reproductive traits of Pinus halepensis in the light of
fire – a critical review. Plant Ecology (May 2003).
- Nathan, R. and Ne’eman G.
Spatiotemporal dynamics of recruitment in Aleppo pine (Pinus halepensis Miller)
Plant Ecology (May 2003).
- Lev-Yadun, S., and Ne’eman,
G. When may green plants be apposematic? Biological Journal of the
Linnaean Society (August 2003).
CHAPTERS IN BOOKS
- Ne'eman, G.,
Lahav, H. and Izhaki, I. 1992. Resilience of vegetation to fire in an East-Mediterranean
pine forest on Mount Carmel, Israel: the effect of post-fire management regimes.
In: Trabaud, L. and Prodon, R. (eds.), The Role of Fire in Mediterranean Ecosystems.
Commission of the European Community, Brussels, pp. 127-140. (Refereed chapter).
- Ne'eman, G.
and Goubitz, S. 2000. Phenology of east Mediterranean vegetation. In: Trabaud,
L. (ed.) Advances in Ecological Sciences: Life and Environment in Mediterranean
Ecosystems. Computational Mechanics Publications, Southampton, UK, pp. 155-202.
- Neâeman, G.
2000. The effect of burned pine trees on post-fire regeneration. In: Neâeman,
G. and Trabaud, L. (eds). Ecology, Biogeography and Management of Pinus halepensis
and P. brutia Mediterranean Pine Forest Ecosystems. Buckhuys Publishers, Leiden,
pp. 303-320
- Neâeman, G.
and Perevolotsky, A. 2000. The management of burnt forests in Israel. In:
Neâeman, G. and Trabaud, L. (eds). Ecology, Biogeography and Management of
Pinus halepensis and P. brutia Mediterranean Pine Forest Ecosystems. Buckhuys
Publishers, Leiden, pp. 321-334.
- Nathan, R. and Neâeman, G. 2000.
Serotiny, seed dispersal and seed predation in P. halepensis. In: Neâeman,
G. and Trabaud, L. (eds). Ecology, Biogeography and Management of Pinus halepensis
and P. brutia Mediterranean Pine Forest Ecosystems. Buckhuys Publishers, Leiden,
pp. 105-118.
- Izhaki, I. and Neâeman, G. 2000.
Soil seed banks in P. halepensis natural forests. In: Neâeman, G. and Trabaud,
L. (eds). Ecology, Biogeography and Management of Pinus halepensis and P.
brutia Mediterranean Pine Forest Ecosystems. Buckhuys Publishers, Leiden,
pp. 167-182.
- Shmida, A., Lev-Yadun, S., Goubitz, S. and
Neâeman, G. 2000. Sexual allocation and gender segregation in
P. halepensis, P. brutia and P. pinea. In: Neâeman, G. and Trabaud, L. (eds).
Ecology, Biogeography and Management of Pinus halepensis and P. brutia Mediterranean
Pine Forest Ecosystems. Buckhuys Publishers, Leiden, pp. 91-104.
- Arianoutsou, M. and Neâeman, G. 2000.
Post-fire regeneration of natural P. halepensis in the east Mediterranean.
In: Neâeman, G. and Trabaud, L. (eds). Ecology, Biogeography and Management
of Pinus halepensis and P. brutia Mediterranean Pine Forest Ecosystems. Buckhuys
Publishers, Leiden. pp. 269-290.
Classes
Organisms in their natural environment
Lectures & Field
B.Sc.
General botany
Lecture & Lab.
B.Sc.
Geobotany, plant ecology in Israel
Lecture & Field
B.Sc.
Pollination ecology
Lecture & Field
B.Sc.
Quantitative methods in Ecology
(with Dr. Izhaki) Lecture & Field
B.Sc.
Pollination ecology, inter-university
workshop at Mt. Meiron (with Prof. Shmida and Prof. Dafni)
Field projects
B.Sc. M.Sc. Ph.D.
Graduate Students Supervised
Ph.D.
Nava Henig-Sever (Supervision together with Dr. Amram
Eshel). Regulation of germination by ash and its ecological significance in
the post-fire regeneration of Mediterranean vegetation. 1997.
Shirrinka Goubitz (Supervision together with Prof. A. Shmida).
Reproductive characteristics and spatial and temporal allocation patterns in
natural and planted stands of Pinus halepensis and P. brutia. 2001.
Yuval Sapir (Supervision together with Prof. A. Shmida).
Pollination ecology of Iris
section Oncocyclus.
M.Sc.
Ofrit Shavit (Supervision together with Prof. A. Shmida).
Foraging behaviour of females and males of solitary bees. 2001
M.A.
Shai Levi (Supervision together with Prof. A. Dafni and Dr.
N. Greenbaum). The effect of visitors on soil properties and vegetation in pine
forest campsites on Mt. Carmel Israel.
Liron
Shapira (Supervision together with Dr. M. Klein University of Haifa).Invasion
of Tamarix nilotica its ecological background and management implications.
Recent projects
Post-fire and
Plant Ecology
- The
effect of management on post-fire regeneration of natural pine forests on
Mt. Carmel.
- The
effect of
visitors on the soil properties and vegetation in pine forest campsites on
Mount carmel.
- The
impact of drought years and insect pests on Quercus calliprinos on Mt. Carmel
and Mt. Turan.
- The
relationship between spatial patterning and genetic structure of pre- and
post-fire pine forests
- The
genetic basis of the phenotypic variation
in Quercus ithaburensis.
Pollination
- Distant
detection of flowers by honeybee workers.
- The
effects of introduced honeybees and bumblebees on local solitary bees.
Nature
Conservation
- The
effect of natural succession and management activities on the locally endangered
Paeonia mascula in Mount Meiron Nature Reserve.
- The
effect of grazing on Anemone coronaria.
- The
use of plants as bioindicators for air and water pollution.
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January 4, 2004
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